"Mu Qing! Long time no see..." The chubby boy was naturally familiar with everyone. The moment he saw Mu Qing, he hurried over—only for his eyes to widen in the next instant as he frantically backed away.
"Nine Temperings?"
"Nine Temperings!!"
"Holy shit! It really is Nine Temperings!"
The chubby boy looked utterly horrified, clutching his chest as he shouted.
"What?"
Xiao Xuan arrived shortly afterward. He first gave Heaven's Punishment a respectful bow, then fixed his gaze on Mu Qing.
A moment later, suspicion crossed his face. "You reached Nine Temperings so quickly?"
Xiao Xuan could not discern Mu Qing's true aura; the strength of his divine soul was inferior to Mu Qing's.
But he knew his little brother had special methods. Though he had only reached Seven Temperings, his powers of perception were even sharper than Xiao Xuan's.
"How did you do it?" The chubby boy looked utterly incredulous.
After breaking through his limit and reaching Six Temperings, he had returned to the Ancient Immortal Realm and received the attention of the Way of the Celestial Masters' higher-ups.
A vast amount of resources had been bestowed upon him, and the chubby boy had now reached Seven Temperings!
The power of his Dao Laws increased once again, and True Lord Ningfeng bestowed another Emperor Artifact upon him—a special Emperor Artifact with no rank.
Yet this special Emperor Artifact allowed the chubby boy to see through Mu Qing's true cultivation.
According to the Way of the Celestial Masters' higher-ups, they had never intended for the chubby boy to possess much combat power.
With the chubby boy's particular traits, he could use the Eight Trigrams Mirror to see treasures within a certain range around him. And with the special Emperor Artifact given to him by True Lord Ningfeng, he could determine